Holiday Season

[frustratedearthmother]

How long does it usually take to make a quilt?

 

[sumi]

About 300-350 hours for a double bed. In days it really depends how much time I can spare. I usually spread it over 3-6 months, depending how busy I am.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Wow - that truly is a labor of love!!

 

[sumi]

Considering I made and gave away a few of them, yes! I do love making them and I can't keep them all though, so… I make people happy with them

 

[frustratedearthmother]

That's awesome!

 

[Beekissed]

@sumi , we used to have a most awesome quilter on this forum called Morel Cabin and I think you'd enjoy her art....very lovely! Wish she would come back, lovely person all around.

https://www.sufficientself.com/threads/morelcabins-quilts-entered-mccalls-contest.1138/

 

[sumi]

Wow, they are beautiful!

 

[CrealCritter]

We used to make Jesus a Birthday Cake but we stopped doing that many years ago as the kids started getting older.

Last Christmas tree we had, I went out into the woods, chopped down a eastern red cedar. Brought it home, put it in a tree stand, we decorated it and put a bunch of presents under it. a few days later we had a infestation of baby praying mantis in the house (they vacuum up pretty easy with a shop vac). yep you guessed it that beautiful tree had multiple praying mantis nests in it and by bringing the tree into the warm house I caused them to hatch. We havn't had a Christmas tree since then.

 

[CrealCritter]

Alright I know it seems too early for Christmas/holiday shopping but I'd like to try to be prepared this year. I'm getting my mother and SIL gardening items. Mom is getting sweet pea seeds and gardening paraphernalia in a bucket while SIL is getting lavender seeds and the same. Its the rest of the family that has me baffled. I got my grandmother some sewing/knitting notions last year, my big bro got a DR. Pepper themed basket and my younger one got a cooking based one. I know the teens are happy with money and I've told my family that's what i want this year, gift cards. They try to say its not fun doing gift cards but they will go towards my new roof and or installing a dishwasher, things i need rather than stuff to fill my already over stuffed house. How can i convince them that I don't need more stuff while at the same time shopping for them?!?!

Kaite Your Recipe is making my mouth water --- http://owlnestfarm.com/home/ham-and-bean-soup

 

[Hinotori]

Our house is too small for a tree. We're talking about planting a tree out front this spring to decorate with outdoor things